Good News Bible

John 20:16-19 Good News Bible (GNB)

16. Jesus said to her, “Mary!”She turned towards him and said in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (This means “Teacher”.)

17. “Do not hold on to me,” Jesus told her, “because I have not yet gone back up to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them that I am returning to him who is my Father and their Father, my God and their God.”

18. So Mary Magdalene went and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and related to them what he had told her.

19. It was late that Sunday evening, and the disciples were gathered together behind locked doors, because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities. Then Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you,” he said.